System of electric-motor control.



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H. D. JAMES L BLEHR. SYSTEM OP ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 3. 1907.

Patented May 16 ATTORNEY '11.11.1.11MES @L E. LBHR. SYSTEM OP ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL.

APPLICATION FILE SEPT' 3' 1907' Patented May 16, 1911.

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H. D. JAMES d; E. LEHR.

SYSTEM 0F ELEGTRIG MOTOR CONTROL.

APPLIOA'IOITl FILED SEPT. 3, 1907.

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'Uivrr'nn stares -rarrinr oratori HENRY D. JAMES, OF PITTSBURG, AND EDWIN LEER- F WILKINSBURG, PENNSYL VANIA.. ASSIGNORS TO VTESTINGHOUSE CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

`ELECTRIC 8c MANUFACTURING COMPANY. A.

SYSTEM OF LECTRIC-MOTOR CONTROL.

Specification of ietters Patent.

Patented Mayl, 19M.

' Application filed-September 3, 1907.' Serial No. 391,250.

dependently-operated switches for starting` polyphase induction motors.

The objects of our invention are to provide an improved electro-responsive switching device that shall be specially adapted to receive energy for itsoperation from an alternating current source and a system embodying switches for detern'iining the direction of rotation of an induction motor Aand for gradually and automatically decreasing its secondary resistance.

Electrically operated switches `which are operated by eneigy received from an alternat`4` ing .current source have usually been unsatisfactoryLto a greater or lcss degree, by reason of the chattering noise which was produced between and in the magnetizable core members.

According to our present invention, we

'einployelectrically operated 'switches eachv of which is provided with a plurality of actuating magnets, the windings of which are supplied with currents of. different phases whereby the noise' incident to the single-phase magnets is avoided. and we also provide means having a relatively simple system ofl'control circuits and dependent upon the currentI supplied to the motor for' automatically delaying the reduction ot its secondary resistance Without. necessitatingl the use of an independent source of supply for said/circuits l Figure l, of the accompanying drawings, is a diagrammatic view of a` control system arranged in accordance with our invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are dia-grams which show the phase relations of` the operating magnet windings for the reversing and accelc rating switches. Figs. 4 and 5 are, respectively7 a front and a sideelevation of a polyphase switdhing device which may preferably be employed in the system shown in Fig.- l.

Referring to the drawii'igs, with special reference tov Figs. el. and 5, the device. here illustrated comprises a supporting trame or bracket lyV a stationary core member Q, a movable core member 3. magnet windingsl .l 5, and 6, stationary contact members i, ST, and 9. and movable contactmembers l0. lla and. l2. TheV frame' l is adapted to be secured to a vert-ical plane surface and is provided with an annular horizontall 'portion il'haying postsv la which project lipwardly therefrom.

The stationary core member Q is prefer ably constructed of laminated iron land coinprises an oblong block having projections lf 161. and 17, and end trames 1S which hold the laminac together and serve to support the core stfucture, bolts1 '19 t'orming a rigid connection between the posts 1+ and the end trames. The coils l, 5. and ti are wound on spools 2O which are titled over the legsI of the stationary core member and ar(` held in position by projecting ears' 2l which arc secured by set nuts 32 to the rods l?.

The movable core member il similar to the'stationary core member 2 except that its legs 23, 2l, and Z5 are longer,.thereby pei'- inittingv a coi'rsiderable separatioi-i between the core'members without moving the legs of themovable member out ot the spools 20, which serve as guides and vprevent the lateral displacement otl the movable member. The movable member is also laminated and is provided with an end frame which comA prises a cross strip or plate QG perpendicular to the line'of motion ot` the movable member, vand projecting ears 2T between which the laminav arc supported.

The movable contact members l0. 1l, and 12 are resilieutly securedto an insulating plate 28 and are operatively connected to the movable core member b v a rod '29 which is bolted to the, plate "2S at one end andlto the cross strip or plate QG at the other.

yThe stationary contact members are cured to an insulating plate 30 which affixed to the annular portion l of the supporting frame l and forms, ytogether with the supporting trame, a bearing tor the rod I Auxiliary contact-bearing members 3l and 3Q are secured to the movable contact member il sothat the motion et the latter is imparted to them7 and cooperating station- CIA ary Contact fingers S3 are mounted on insu lating blocks 34 which are supported by the pests i4.

The main stationary and movable contact members arey preferably immersed in oil, or some other .insulating tluid, which may be contained in a tank or casing Special reference may new be had to Figs. l, 3, and 3, in which a three-phase induction motor 3G, having secondary resistance sec- 'tionsf 38, and 39,' is supplied with energy from any suitable source through line conductors 40, 4l, and 42, the direction ot rotation of the motor and the^amount ot refsist'ance included in the sehdndary circuit being determined by a plurality of independently-operated control switches 43, 44,

45, 46, 47, and 48 that are governed by a master controller 49. y l

lin starting 'the motor, it is desirable to delay the short-circuiting of the secondary resistance in order to protect-'the motor from injury by supplying excessive currents vto its primary winding. `This result is accomplished by a limit switch 50 which is adapted to suspend the acceleration until the current traversing the motor secondary circuit .tallsllelow a predetermined amount.

The operation of the system is as tollows: Assuming that the limit switch 50 is closed, and that the control switches are open, as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings, it the master controller 4S) is moved from its ed position to position` ci, a control circuit is first completed from line conductor 40 through conductors 51, magnet winding of the switch 44, conductor 53, contac terminals 54 (which are bridged by contact member 55 whenthe switch 43 is open), conductor 56, Contact terminals 57 and 5S (which are bridged by contact member 59 of the master controller 49), conductor 60, contact terminals Gi (which are bridged by contact member (i2 when the switch 43 is open), conductor G3, magnet winding 64, und conductor to the lino conductor 41. The line conductor 42 is connected by a conductor GG and magnet winding (S7 ton contact linger G8 of the master controller which also engages contact member ri`helthrce coils 5:2, G4 and 67 arethus connected in i across the the three-phase circuit. lWhen the master controller 49 occupies the posi tion Z, magnet windings 69, TO, and 7l oit the switch 43 are siulilarly connected, as shown in Fig. When energixed, the magnet windings 52, 64 and (37 close the switch`44 and establish a circuit Atrom the line conductors 40, 4l, and. 42 toy the motor The control circuits for the magnet 'windings (50, 70, and 7l are established through a plurality ot contact terminals TQ and 73 (which are only bridged by contact members 'T4 and T5 when the sw. y'fh 44 is open), consequently, it is impossible to close tclies 4o und at the same e or to effect tie. closure of one unless4 the other is open. fi/he i the switch 43 clrscd, circuit is also t iblished trom sup ply lne conductors and to the motor 25V, but one -phase ot the motor wind ing is /ersed in. order to elilect the reverse rotation oi ine' motor, according to well known principles. Supply conductors 76, W" and 'connected to the motor cirtremities being connected to the motor sec' ondary through stationary contact 79, 80, and 8l, which engage collector rings 82, 83, and8-4 thatI are carried by the rotatable member of the machine. The resistance section 37 is connected to the terminal Tf), throughl a magnet windingof the limit switch 50, The secondary resistance sections are substantially equal, so that the electric currents supplied to the respective sections arc substairitially the same, and if this Value exceeds 1i. predetermined amount, the magnet winding S5 will be sufficiently energized to open toe limit switch 50.

- Yfhen the acceleration oi the motor has increased and le current traversing the seconda-ry circuits has fallen below a bredeterminef umouus. limit switch 50 will close and a control Jeuit is then completed from line conductor 4t) through switch 44, limit switch 50, conductor 8G, contact terminals SY and (which are bridged by Contact member Si) when 'the switch 4S is oben), conductor 90, magnet winding 91, conductor 92, magnet winding' 93, and conductor 94 to the line conductor 7G. lhe magnet windings 91 and are thus connected in serios between two of the liuc conductors and sutiicient energy is royided in this way to close the` switch 452. Lis soon as the switch is closed, however, a third mago JL windii'ig` 95 is connected to au int i'netliate point between the other two windins, as shown in Fig. 3, circuit connect-ions being 'then established Afrom the control conductm 7'( through this magnet winding, conductor 9G, contact-terminals 9T {ifi'hich are brifloed by contact member 98 when the switch -i i is closed), and conductor 99 to the junction of the magnet windings 91 and 925. The circuit 'for the magnet. windings 91 and 'which are connected in series, is closed as to exc.. the limit s witch 50, circuit connections being.; then established from the line conductor 4U through control conductor 7S, contact terminals `l0()l and 88 (which are bridgcd'hy contact-.member Si?) icc `winding 110 and conductor 94 to the control conductor 7 6. In thisway, the switch L17 is closed as soon as the limit switch is again dropped, after a portion of the resistances becomes shoi't-circuited by the closure ofthe' switch 4S, the magnet windings ot'switch 47' being then connected, as were those of the switch 4S and in like manner, and the switches 46 and 45 being successively closed, if permitted by the limit switch 50, until the resistance sections 77, 78, and 7 9 are completely short-circuited.

One of the principal advantages iii the system of our invention'lies in the tact that the magnet windings for the control switchesare all denergized as soon as the reversing switches are open and without the use of auxiliary or relay contact members, consequentlygit is possible to provide for the extinguishing of electric arcs at the terminals of the reversing switches which serve as main circuit interrupters. v

The complete system is arranged in a very simple manner with a minimum number of control c irciuts. It will also be observed that only a single circuit is interrupted by the limit switch so that this switch becomes materially simplified over those of the prior art, which are adapted for the same purpose. i

As already pointed out, the switches themselves are admirably adapted Jfor the work for which they are intended, and the noise which usually accompanies the use ot alternating current switches is entirely avoided.

Thile we have shown and 'described a three-phase motor, ive/do not wish to limit our invention to a three-phase system, and we also desire to secure `torourselves such variations in the details of, the switch and in the -circuit 'connections of the system as may be etlected within the scope of' our invention.

We claim as our invention: l 1. ln'a control system, the combination with a three-phase motor,- a pair of independently-operated reversing switches, a secondary resistance, and a plurality ot independently-Operated. control switches for short-circuiting the resist-ance, magnet windings connected in polyphase relation for actuating each of the reversing switches, a plurality ofmagnet iiindings connected in series relation for actuating each of the resistance si f telles, and control circuits for the resistance switches 'that are completed through the main contacts of thereversing switches. v 2.111 a control system, the combinatie with a plurality of independently-operated switches, and a plurality of magnet windings for each switch, of means fdr initiallyv actuating the switches from a single-phase source-and for automatically connecting the coils of each switch in polyphase relation when said switches close.

3. In acontrol system, the combination with a plurality of independently-operated switches that are adapted to close in apredetermined sequence, a group of three actuating magnets for each switch, of means :tor successively closing the switches by initially connecting twol of the operating. 4magnet windings in series across a singlephase source of energy and for automatically connecting the three magnet windings in polyphase relation as each switch is closed.

4. Ina control system, the combination with a'motor, a resistance, and a plurality of resistance control switches having a group of actuating magnet windings, ot' means tor connecting some of the switch coils in series relation across a single-phase circuit and for connecting all of the magnet windings in a polyphase relation as each switch is closed, and means for automatically delaying the initial energizing of the electro-magnet until the current traversing the motor circuit falls below a predetermined amount.

In a control system, the combination with a three-phase motor, a pair of independently-operated reversing switches, a secondaryiesistance, a plurality of independently-operated control switches for short-circuiting the resistance, and a plurality of magnet windings foractuating each of the reversing` and control switches, of means for successively actuating the switches by initially connecting two of the magnet windings in series relation across one phase of the motor circuit as, the current traversing the motor supply circuit falls below a piedet-ermined amount and for finally connecting the three coils in polyphase relation as each switch is closed.

G. In a' control system, the combination with a three-phase motor, a pair of independently-operated reversing switches, a secondary resistance. a plurality of independently-operated control switches for short-circuiting the resistance` and a plurality ot magnet windings for actuating each of the reversing and control switches, of means for successively actuating the switches by ini,- tially connecting two of the magnet windings in'series relation across one phase of the' motor circuit, a limit switch dependent upon the current traversing the secondary circuit of the motor for automatically delaying the initial actuation of `the switches, and

means for nally connecting the thxee magnet windings in polyphase felation as each switch is closed.

7. An electrically-operated swch comp's ng stationary and movable core memberce each of which has three projections, and coils moumed 'on the projections of the 'ste- 'f'aonary member, stationary Contact members, itoovebe Contact members connected to the movabe core member, auxlmy contactbearing members operatively eolmected to the movable members and stationary Contact 'ngers which eo erate theewith.

8. An electrica y-opemted 'switch eem-l psing stationery und movable core members, poly/phase opemtig 'magnet windings therefor, stationary cont-ac fr, naembex 'to the n10-vale eoe mail cooperating Contact nges Secured to the sieonmvy In testimony vvb1eof, We have hereunto subseribe outa 11e/mee ibis 24th dei; of All gust, 1997.

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